Why Choose Camtasia?
So why choose Camtasia?
Well to be fair the first go to for most video projects is Premiere Pro or After Effects. But like most things it really does boil down to what you actually need from software and for many people Camtasia fits their bill. We thought it might be useful to write a quick piece about why Camtasia is very popular with many people
Camtasia is great as eLearning software, it contains quizzes and reports which can be uploaded to an LMS (Learning Management Systems) it is finding its niche as top quality screen recording software with trainers and training departments.
The simple answer to is Camtasia is quick to use and easy to learn, screen video recording, audio, voice overs and PIP (picture in picture recording with webcam) are easy to do with little fuss. Quite simply Camtasia does exactly what it says on the can but without the faff.
And as always budgets are involved and Camtasia is easy on the pocket and at time of writing this available as a one off purchase.
Who uses Camtasia?
Camtasia is ideal for anyone wanting to produce high quality video footage quickly and easily. It’s perfect for software demonstrations, product promotion, marketing materials and more.
As you would expect L&D teams are our most regular clients but these are closely followed by…..
Educators in General & Corporate Trainers who use it to create instructional videos, online courses, and video lectures. Corporate trainers also use it to develop training materials /tutorials for their company. An additional bonus for them is that Camtasia comes with a small quizzing section they can use to monitor delegate progress.
Content Creators use it for video content, how to’s and tutorials and marketing departments love it for creating short marketing videos in a few minutes. Yes, a few minutes – it is that quick to use once you’ve learnt the software.
Software Trainers use Camtasia to record and sell their training resources for online training like Cademy or Udemy.
And sales, well it’s popular with sales teams because they can input their video clips, add a few snazzy effects, transitions and edit audio and then easily export it into PowerPoint.
Camtasia and PowerPoint
Did we mention that Camtasia works very slickly with PowerPoint – it even has its own tab on the ribbon.
Overall, Camtasia’s versatility and ease of use make it a go-to tool for anyone needing to create high-quality video content, regardless of their industry or specific use case.
Why Camtasia and not Premiere Pro or another video editing app?
The straightforward answer to that probably Premiere Pro, Captivate and Articulate can be a bit overkill when all you really want to do is make a screen recording and add some overlays and titles. Also as opposed to Camtasia each of those has a much steeper learning curve whereas Camtasia is much simpler to learn.
Using Visual Effects on Camtasia Training Courses
High Quality Recording
Camtasia provides high quality, easy screen video recordings which makes it perfect for creating software demonstrations, product displays and online training courses. When you start recording in Camtasia you can choose to record custom regions (selective parts of your screen) specific windows or the whole screen.
Built-In Editing Tools
It comes with a range of easy to use video tools which let you combine multiple tracks, trim tracks and split them. One of its greatest strengths lies with its huge choice of effects, annotations and titles which can easily be dragged and dropped onto the timeline to create highly visual video projects.
Oh and once you get fed up with the existing artwork in Camtasia there is still loads more to download from the Techsmith website.
User Friendly Look & Feel
Another reason for its popularity is the easy to work with interface which is really intuitive to use. In most instances all you need to do is drag and drop elements onto the timeline and make some minor adjustments.
Multi-Track Timeline
The timeline works very similarly to layers in other software. You can add audio, images, video footage and text titles to your project and adjust their speed and position quickly and easily on this multi-level timeline.
Audio Features
Camtasia also gives you control over your audio and you can import audio files or create voice-overs directly in the software. There are a range of sound tools you can use including audio levels, background sound and noise removal.
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Camtasia and External Software
Camtasia works well with other software including PowerPoint where it actually adds an extra Camtasia Tab to the Ribbon.
Which means it’s brilliant when you need to import slides or enhance presentations with some video footage.
Exporting Camtasia Footage
Camtasia lets you share directly to external platforms like Vimeo, YouTube and LMS’s (Learning Management System) for publishing content out. It also offers a large range of export formats and offers presets for the most well known devices and platforms.
Why Choose Camtasia for your video projects?
Because if you don’t want to get dragged into a long learning curve with software such as Premiere Pro /After Effects and just want to create professional, elegant video recordings which can be shared with others, uploaded to the server easily and are a pleasure to create.
We regularly run courses either as Online Camtasia Training or visit your premises to host Onsite Camtasia Courses.
So why not take a look at one of our Camtasia Courses here.
